MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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